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<H1><A NAME="SEC8" HREF="gzip_toc.html#TOC8">5. Environment</A></H1>
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The environment variable <CODE>GZIP</CODE> can hold a set of default options for
<CODE>gzip</CODE>.  These options are interpreted first and can be overwritten by
explicit command line parameters.  For example:



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for sh:    GZIP="-8v --name"; export GZIP
for csh:   setenv GZIP "-8v --name"
for MSDOS: set GZIP=-8v --name
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On Vax/VMS, the name of the environment variable is <CODE>GZIP_OPT</CODE>, to
avoid a conflict with the symbol set for invocation of the program.


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